Basement Jaxx
- Billy Corgan has refused to retire the Smashing Pumpkins name despite it sounding nothing like the band we once knew.
- Buraka Som Sistema just dropped a new mixtape.
- Woah with the free songs, Fool’s Gold!
- More Godflesh reissues! Yes!
- Shepard Fairey has been sentenced to two years of probation in Boston.
- Mission of Burma’s rebirth phase continues to outpace its first with yet another new record on Matador.
- Looks like the FADER just launched a new dance/electronic music column.
- White Denim have signed to Downtown Records.
- Free Energy will finally release their debut single next week.
- Little Boots and one of the Hot Chip boys are working on a soundtrack song together.
- Not to be outdone by their old ‘buddies’ Blur, Oasis have announced an intimate August show.
- Far are working on a new full-length for Vagrant Records. Um, why wasn’t the angry teenager in us alerted about this earlier?
- Satyricon isn’t too happy about the upcoming Lords of Chaos film.
- Jon Heder (a.k.a. Napoleon Dynamite) has been tapped for a new Comedy Central show produced by Will Ferrell.
- Topman and Rough Trade have formed a partnership overseas.
- Is Blur’s reunion already over?
- Thrill Jockey is releasing the latest installment in the Boredoms‘ Super Roots series.
- A cheap Kindle knock-off has popped up in China.
- Basement Jaxx have wrapped up not one, but two new records.
- Perez Hilton’s long-rumored label is about to officially launch. Be afraid—very afraid.
- WhoMadeWho recently contributed to XLR8R’s recurring artist tips page.
- So this is what Mogwai thinks about the direction music journalism’s gone in.
Jonathan Glazer reminds us why he’s a true music video maestro in today’s clip of the day…
